Topic #1 Gary Turk expressed his view of social media in communication through r
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Topic #1
Gary Turk expressed his view of social media in communication through reading a poem in a video titled “Look Up” (Chapter 16, page 432). Do you share his view? Use what you have learned from reading Chapter 16 and your personal experience to explain your position and tell us why yes and why not.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z7dLU6fk9QY?rel=0
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Topic #2
We have learned from this week’s textbook reading and the course module that various cultures have distinct orientations when it comes to rules, uncertainty, time, masculinity, directness, materialism, and power distance. Please share your example of one of these orientations you have experienced in the workplace or your daily life and use what you’ve learned from readings to explain how it affected your intercultural communication.
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Look Up Look Up' is a lesson taught to us through a love story, in a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone.Written, Performed & Directed by Gary Turk.Explanation / Answer
1. Through his poem “Look Up”, Gary Turk wants to share his views regarding the technology, social media and its impact in our lives. He explains that despite of having so many friends on our social media sites, we are still lonely as we are unable to express our true self and feelings. Companionship and inclusion cannot be found from our social media groups and websites, rather by looking up to the real world and living beings. We are wasting our precious time in a virtual world rather than spending it on something productive. He also tells us to spend our valuable time with the people we love and care for rather than on people whom we don’t even know.
I agree with Gary Turk’s view as I believe that people these days are losing their actual relationships by making virtual ones over social media. Everyone is trying to prove that they are happy and satisfied in their life, but in real they are none. Social media platforms allow us to communicate through chats and calls. However it cannot give the feeling of meeting someone personally. People lose warmth and understanding in their relationships by scrolling through other’s lives rather than concentrating on their own.